CMS COP14: Why are migratory species at risk of disappearing?

India, Feb. 18 -- The decline in migratory species is driven by human activity- excessive hunting, habitat destruction, climate change and the expansion of towns and cities

Each year, billions of animals journey with the seasons over oceans, on land and in the skies, for survival. Migration is a vital part of the overall sustainability of our planet.

But it has been found that many migratory species are at the risk of disappearing, threatened by human pollution, the spread of invasive species and the climate crisis.

More than 40 years ago, many countries signed an agreement to protect the world's migrating species, known as the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS).

Now, a first-ever global assessment...